To Another World || A Naruto x Demon Slayer Story

15 || The Storm Before the Hurricane

Sasuke Uchiha

"KAW! KAW! UPPER MOON FOUR AND UPPER MOON FIVE HAVE BEEN DEFEATED! UPPER MOON FOUR AND UPPER MOON FIVE HAVE BEEN DEFEATED BY MIZUNOTO, NARUTO UZUMAKI! KAW!"

I just giggled in reaction to what I heard from the crow.
'Light work for him, as usual.' I thought to myself.

I was currently running towards any demon I could see or sense. My sensory system isn't as good as Naruto's, but I can still feel some presence, especially if they're strong. Right now, I was just repeatedly slicing any low-level demons that were in my way.

Suddenly, I was able to sense a strong demonic presence; a very strong one. It wasn't as strong as Muzan, but it was above Upper Moon Two from earlier.

'This is most likely... Upper Moon One.'

Looking no further, I went straight to the direction of the demonic presence.

.

Third Person

"AAAGH!!"
"I found her, Iguro! Over there!"

"It's... Upper Rank Six!?"
'I thought Upper Six was defeated already! Is this a replacement?'

'All the other Pillars are doing their parts. So I too...'
'I have to be useful!'

*STRUM*

"Huh!?"

*BONK*

"..."

'This is embarrassing!! I got hasty and overdid it. What am I doing!?'

"Kanroji, as long as we don't know the opponent's abilities, let's watch closely, think hard and proceed calmly."

"..."
"Okay."

*STRUM*

"Iguro!!"
"Hyah!"
"KYAAAAH!! Waaah! It's gonna crush me!!"
"UMMFF!!"

*ZLASH*

"Gyaah!"
"I get it. She can move the building as if it were her own hands and feet. That's a little surprising, but okay! Hmph!"
"Prepare yourself!"

*STRUM*

"You won't hit me with the same attack again!!"
"YAH!"

*STRUM*

"..."
"AIIEEE!!!"

"Serpent Breathing: Second Form, Venom Fangs of the Narrow Head!"

*STRUM*

'Tch! Her blood demon art isn't that deadly, but it's really annoying!! This could be a long and troublesome fight!'

.

Mitsuri Kanroji

I was falling. This demon's blood demon art really was infuriating. I was about to grab on to a ledge to stop myself from falling when all of a sudden, an orange flash sped past me on my left.

'What was that!?' Shortly after, I wasn't falling anymore. Actually, I was being carried up; I could feel this person's grip on my back and behind my knees. Finally, we were back on the platform I was standing on moments ago.

"Her blood demon art really is troublesome, huh?" The person said as he crouched and set me down. I looked up to see the man with the whiskers and yellow hair, wearing a headband. He had a confident smile on his face.

"Y-You're...!"

"Naruto Uzumaki. Just call me Naruto, ya know!" He introduced himself with a closed-eye smile. Or should I say, re-introduced.